# About OX Workflows

When suspicious security activity is identified in your system, you can define automations that block the activity or notify the relevant team members.

Automations ensure security events are handled immediately and consistently, without relying on manual intervention. In the OX platform, automations are created through workflows.

Automations are flexible and fully customizable. You can configure simple workflows, such as sending an alert for a specific type of issue, or build complex logic that combines multiple conditions and actions.

This allows you to tailor automated responses to your organization’s needs, from handling isolated exceptions to managing alerts across hundreds of applications.

Automations help you:

* Enforce security and compliance policies in real time.
* Reduce delays by eliminating repetitive manual responses.
* Ensure that the right people are notified at the right time.
* Prioritize issues based on business impact and context.

Common use cases:

* Send alerts for critical vulnerabilities to Slack, Teams, or email.
* Open tickets automatically in Jira, Azure DevOps, or other trackers.
* Adjust the severity of findings based on known exceptions or business priority.
* Trigger webhooks to integrate with internal systems or external automation platforms.


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